Albrecht Glockendon the Younger (c.1500–1545) was a

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Georg Glockendon Georg Glockendon the Elder ( fl. 1484; died 1514) was a Nuremberg-based woodblock cutter, printer and painter. Famed during his lifetime for his illuminations, he was also an industrious printer and published a number of the works of Erhard Etzla ...

, his work reflects the influence of both his brother, the illuminator

Nikolaus Glockendon Nikolaus Glockendon (fl. 1515 – 1534) was a German decorator of illuminated manuscripts (i.e. an illuminator) from Nuremberg, active in the early 16th century. The son of Georg Glockendon the Elder and brother of Albrecht Glockendon, he ...

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.Wood 1993, 143.

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References

* Bryan, Michael, ''Dictionary of painters and engravers: biographical and critical'', Vol. 1, George Bell and Sons, 1886. * Wood, Christopher, ''Albrecht Altdorfer and the origins of landscape'', University of Chicago Press, 1993. * Smith, Jeffrey Chipps.
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